| 1/23/09 |
"Black Holes: Powerhouse of the Universe"
John Hawley, Professor and Chair of Astronomy, University of Virginia |
| Lecture Recorded: Streaming Video |
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| 2/2/09 |
"Space Exploration, Unique Blend of Engineering and Science"
David Wolf, Astronaut, NASA Johnson Space Center |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio |
"Macho Mengi Interferometric Telescope"
Michael Mccullar, Project Leader, National Society of Black Engineers |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PowerPoint Presentation |
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| 2/9/09 |
“Cosmology on the Microscopic Scale”
Paul Padley, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PowerPoint Presentation |
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| 2/16/09 |
“Physics Education is more than techniques, It is a new paradigm of teaching”
John Clement, Physics Instructor, St. Pius X High School |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PowerPoint Presentation |
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| 2/23/09 |
“How is the Landscape Upon Which Life Evolves Selected: Spontaneous Emergence of Modularity”
Michael Deem, John W. Cox Professor, Rice University |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PowerPoint Presentation |
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| 3/2/09 |
"Seeing Biological Interactions at the Nanometer Scale"
Ching-Hwa Kiang, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rice Univ. |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PowerPoint Presentation |
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| 3/9/09 |
"Using Mathematica to Address Physics Education Problems"
G. Raymond Brown, Adjunct Instructor of Physics, University of Houston Downtown |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PDF |
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| 3/23/09 |
Shapley Lecture - "Searching for Unicorns and Extraterrestrial Civilizations"
Robert Rood, Professor of Astronomy, University of Virginia |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PowerPoint Presentation |
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| 3/30/09 |
"Numerical Cosmology: Building a Dynamical Universe"
David Garrison, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Houston-Clear Lake |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PowerPoint Presentation |
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| 4/6/09 |
"Non-linear Effects in Dense Nano-Particulate Systems"
Daniel Fry, Research Engineer, NASA Johnson Space Center |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PDF |
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| 4/13/09 |
Topic: Medipix
Lawrence Pinsky, Professor & Chairman of Physics, University of Houston |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PowerPoint Presentation |
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| 4/20/09 |
“Plasma Physics Applications for Aerospace Technology”
Alfonso Tarditi, Principal Engineer, GeoControl Systems Inc. and Research Associate, UHCL |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PowerPoint Presentation |
| Electric Propulsion | Plasma | UHCL Research |Torch Movie |
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| 4/27/09 |
“The 200 kW VASIMR Experimental Engine (VX-200): Design Challenges and Recent Results”
Lenny Cassady, Project Engineer, Ad Astra Rocket Company |
| Lecture Recorded: Audio | PDF |
